At 02:02 PM 12/14/96 -0500, David J. Rising wrote:>Subject: Virus Alert>Importance: High>>If anyone receives mail entitled: PENPAL GREETINGS! please delete it WITHOUT>reading it. Below is a little explanation of the message, and what it would>do to your PC if you were to read the message. If you have any questions or>concerns please contact SAF-IA Info Office on 697-5059.>>This is a warning for all internet users - there is a dangerous virus>propagating across the internet through an e-mail message entitled "PENPAL>GREETINGS!". DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGE ENTITLED "PENPAL GREETINGS!">>This message appears to be a friendly letter asking you if you are>interested in a penpal, but by the time you read this letter, it is too>late. The "trojan horse" virus will have already infected the boot sector>of your hard drive, destroying all of the data present. It is a>self-replicating virus, and once the message is read, it will AUTOMATICALLY>forward itself to anyone who's e-mail address is present in YOUR mailbox!>>This virus will DESTROY your hard drive, and holds the potential to DESTROY>the hard drive of anyone whose mail is in your inbox, and who's mail is in>their inbox, and so on. If this virus remains unchecked, it has the>potential to do a great deal of DAMAGE to computer networks worldwide!!!!>>Please, delete the message entitled "PENPAL GREETINGS!" as soon as you see>it! And pass this message along to all of your friends and relatives, and>the other readers of the newsgroups and mailing lists which you are on, so>that they are not hurt by this dangerous virus!!!!>>>